Ok so I have a Toshiba lap top i got in '02. The battery pack can't be unplugged from the wall cause it dies. So anyways, I'm trying to upload cd's to my itunes and the piece of junk just shuts off. Dies, caboom, took a ****, just plain shuts off. So whats the deal? the battrey doesn't feel like its over heating, i propped it up so the fan is getting more air, doesn't work. damnit. i leave to go out of the country tomorrow and i need some damn music, LOL! HELP ME, any ideas?

 

It sounds like the power management unit took a dump. not much you can do about it over night but keep trying ot turn it on.

 

Try removing the battery and powering it up. Just a shot in the dark but who knows?

 

Is the computer not turning on now? Or is it that whenever you try to add music it just dies until you start it back up again?

 

it will turn on again, but if i bring up itunes and start donig something with it, then it shuts off. i gave up with the computer and just used the downstairs one. im just going to have to ask santa for a new laptop this year, ill just be waiting for 9 months. lol.

 

I bet the thermal grease probably melted off. Dell P4 based systems crapped out cause of that all the time with the sub $1000 notebooks.

If you want when you get back I can take a look at it for you.

 

Sounds like iTunes is crashing your computer. Just try reinstalling it.

 

Do you happen to have enough memory? Ram and Hardrive? On some computers I noticed if its lacking hardrive space or ram and your trying to run a program or save files it shuts off. Go to your hardrive properties and see if you have any space left.

 

Try this: does your computer turn the fan on about 5 minutes into using your computer? If it does, then it means you have lint clogging your cpu fan cooling path.

If you need more help, bring it to me. I fix ****.